Common sense once widespread

Published: Friday, August 1, 2014 at 10:45 AM.

To the editor:

While watching the news on a local television channel recently, I was shocked at the recent death of an infant who had been left in a hot car. The child’s father is being charged with some degree of murder. But what really got my attention was all of the footage of “parents” who have made videos about their own experience, sitting in a hot car.

Folks, this is absolutely ridiculous!

Common sense dictates that heat is increased in a car as it sits in a hot sun with all the windows up. Have none of these would-be do-gooders ever gotten into a car in that condition? Of course they have and common sense should dictate that leaving a child or a pet inside such an environment for any length of time is dangerous in the extreme. Apparently this is a totally new concept for many so-called adults.

Amazing!

Moms and dads who really are parents do what is right for their children, ahead even of their own needs and desires. When I think of moms especially, I almost always envision a mother grizzly bear with her cubs in the wild. She will fight a tank if she thinks one of her cubs is in danger.

Perhaps, would-be-parents ought to consider the mother grizzly bear and spend less time texting and cell-phoning.

While watching the news on a local television channel recently, I was shocked at the recent death of an infant who had been left in a hot car. The child’s father is being charged with some degree of murder. But what really got my attention was all of the footage of “parents” who have made videos about their own experience, sitting in a hot car.

Folks, this is absolutely ridiculous!

Common sense dictates that heat is increased in a car as it sits in a hot sun with all the windows up. Have none of these would-be do-gooders ever gotten into a car in that condition? Of course they have and common sense should dictate that leaving a child or a pet inside such an environment for any length of time is dangerous in the extreme. Apparently this is a totally new concept for many so-called adults.

Amazing!

Moms and dads who really are parents do what is right for their children, ahead even of their own needs and desires. When I think of moms especially, I almost always envision a mother grizzly bear with her cubs in the wild. She will fight a tank if she thinks one of her cubs is in danger.

Perhaps, would-be-parents ought to consider the mother grizzly bear and spend less time texting and cell-phoning.